Questions & Answers about כמה שעות את עובדת בכל יום?
Here את means you addressed to one female person.
It is not the direct-object marker את, even though they are spelled the same. In unpointed Hebrew, these two words look identical:
- אַתְּ = you (feminine singular)
- אֶת = the marker used before a definite direct object
In this sentence, את comes before the verb עובדת, so it is clearly the subject pronoun you.
Because the sentence is addressed to a woman.
In Hebrew present tense, the verb agrees with gender and number:
- את עובדת = you (feminine singular) work / are working
- אתה עובד = you (masculine singular) work / are working
So עובדת is the correct present-tense form for a female singular subject.